Orissa Metaliks Markuta produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 600 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are bloom, billet, dri.
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How blast furnace works
The process behind this plant, explained from first principles.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
0.17 Mt CO₂e
1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
600
Blast Furnace
390
DRI
780
Sinter
460
Coking
240
Pelletising
600
Production
Iron production: 116 ttpa (2022)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 24 MW Captive power plant, proposed expansion to 275 MW
Iron ore Barbil-Joda, Orissa
Met coal BCCL, Dhanbad or imported
Steel Products
bloom, billet, DRI
Ownership
Owner Orissa Metaliks Pvt Ltd
Parent small shareholder(s) [28.7%]; Cimmco Vinimay Pvt Ltd [16.6%]; Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Ltd [9.1%]; Newera Commotrade Pvt Ltd [6.6%]; Rashmi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd [6.0%]; Bholebaba Consultants LLP [5.8%]; Rashmi Cement Ltd [5.7%]; Daffodil Plaza Pvt Ltd [5.7%]; Optimist Commosale Pvt Ltd [5.5%]; Rashidhan Sales Pvt Ltd [5.2%]; Rashmi Metaliks Ltd [5.0%]; natural person(s) [0.1%]
Workforce 1,100 employees
Country Context
India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Other small shareholder(s); Cimmco Vinimay Pvt Ltd; Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Ltd; Newera Commotrade Pvt Ltd; Rashmi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd; Bholebaba Consultants LLP; Rashmi Cement Ltd; Daffodil Plaza Pvt Ltd; Optimist Commosale Pvt Ltd; Rashidhan Sales Pvt Ltd; Rashmi Metaliks Ltd; natural person(s) plants
All small shareholder(s); Cimmco Vinimay Pvt Ltd; Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Ltd; Newera Commotrade Pvt Ltd; Rashmi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd; Bholebaba Consultants LLP; Rashmi Cement Ltd; Daffodil Plaza Pvt Ltd; Optimist Commosale Pvt Ltd; Rashidhan Sales Pvt Ltd; Rashmi Metaliks Ltd; natural person(s) plants →Explore
Location
Markuta
Asia Pacific
India
21.8567°, 83.9662°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2008
- Products
- Crude, semi-finished